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First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world.
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On Thursday, 1 March 2018 12:58:40 UTC, MR wrote:
First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. MR Whatever made you think that? Oh! https://www.theguardian.com/business...-plummet-by-60 but http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...-a8234476.html |
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![]() "MR" wrote in message ... First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. ....if we are lucky! -- Woody harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com |
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 04:58:38 -0800 (PST), MR
wrote: First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. Some are saying WHS other than station branches. |
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On 01/03/18 15:04, Scott wrote:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 04:58:38 -0800 (PST), MR wrote: First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. Some are saying WHS other than station branches. That'll mean quite a few Post Offices disappearing too if correct. -- Jeff |
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:39:10 +0100, Martin wrote:
There are no longer any post offices in The Netherlands, the world hasn't ended as a result. Even that big one near Dam Square? That's an architectural masterpiece. -- TOJ. |
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wrote: On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 15:10:21 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/03/18 15:04, Scott wrote: On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 04:58:38 -0800 (PST), MR wrote: First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. Some are saying WHS other than station branches. That'll mean quite a few Post Offices disappearing too if correct. There are no longer any post offices in The Netherlands, the world hasn't ended as a result. I'm sure that Post Office services are provided by other firms. That's what has happened here. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England |
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"Martin" wrote in message
... On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 15:10:21 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote: On 01/03/18 15:04, Scott wrote: On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 04:58:38 -0800 (PST), MR wrote: First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. Some are saying WHS other than station branches. That'll mean quite a few Post Offices disappearing too if correct. There are no longer any post offices in The Netherlands, the world hasn't ended as a result. Did post offices in the Netherlands perform all the other functions that UK ones do - certifying legal copies of documents (when you don't want to send an original but a company needs to see a certified copy); checking/certifying passport applications; acting as delivery points for mail order (eg Amazon) parcels if you think you might not be in at home when a package is delivered, or if a postman has tried to deliver something that needs a signature or is too large for the letter box? How did the Netherlands handle the issue of annual road fund (the equivalent of the "tax disc" in the UK)? Did you have to pay annually and get some proof of payment such as a disc or a sticker that is applied to the licence plate? Was that administered and issued via post offices before all that sort of thing was done online? And does the Netherlands have any state benefits such as equivalents of our old age pension and family allowance - did post offices issue the relevant cash for people who don't want the money paying directly into a bank account or who didn't even have a bank account? What about post-related things like weighing large letters and parcels so you can determine the correct postage to pay? Is that left to the honesty of the punter and the assumptions that he will have enough stamps to make up the postage required? Or even receiving parcels that you want to post but which are too large to fit in a post box. With more and more administration (tax for car, application for driver's licence (new, change of address), state benefits) being done online or paid directly into a bank account, I can see post offices in villages and small towns becoming fewer, with people having to make a special journey to a main post office in a large town. I mainly use post offices if I want an Amazon parcel delivering while I'm out, or for determining the cost of non-standard postage. I haven't bought my car tax disc in a post office since the DVLA first offered the ability to pay it online and have it posted to you (and of course nowadays there isn't even a tax disc as visible proof of payment, since police and traffic wardens can check online if they are suspicous). I do wonder where the shop closures will end. I'm as guilty as anyone of browsing in shops to choose which brand of product to buy, and then ordering it from Amazon to get a cheaper price. Sometimes we order food for home delivery rather that buying it off the shelf in a supermarket. I suppose shops which sell non-identical items (cuts of meat etc) will survive, where people like to choose one item in preference to another and don't just want to choose "a 500 gramme pack of pork chops" but instead want to choose a pack that has as little fat as possible or all the chops equal in size or whatever. But things like book shops may fall victim to Amazon - look at what happened to Borders. It's a shame that it was Borders and not Waterstones that went under, because Borders often seemed to have a greater selection of books. |
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On 01/03/2018 15:02, Woody wrote:
"MR" wrote in message ... First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. ...if we are lucky! I went to Currys to by a fridge. There were about thirty on display. None of the three I was prepared to buy was in stock, or could even be ordered. Bill |
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Tandy still exist, just not in retail in Europe. Tandy on line still exists.
the main reason for a lot of these sort of companies going down is high costs of high street stores and the cheapness of internet products from china. People complain about Trump wanting to add tariffs on cheap imports, but there is a case to be made for countries who do not look after staff to make things on the cheap having g to pay for access into our markets or put their houses in order. Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "MR" wrote in message ... First Tandy/Radio Shack, and now Maplin. Who next? Currys/PC world. MR |
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